Who's ready to pay $14.99 for these this Fall? 

Me neither.

You might want to reconsider your news sources.

Previews has historically been an OKAY source of information, and not much else.  You might be able to get an initial image of a new product there, but very little else.  I've used it for information in the past.  But when I was depending on my local comic shop for a good deal of collecting goods (notably Gentle Giant), I also looked into the pricing situation on Hasbro goods.  And when it comes to Hasbro, Diamond is NOT competitive.  Why?

Because Diamond Previews pricing on Hasbro offerings has always been on the high side.  It has forced the retailers (comic & collectibles shops) to price figures at least 25% higher than you would see in more traditional brick & mortar retail outlets.  Simply because they can't compete with the WalMart's, Target's and TRU's of the world from a volume standpoint.  Given that backstory with Diamond Previews, I think it's very safe to assume that the Black Series 6" figures will be priced much closer to $20 each at the traditional retail channels that most of us rely upon.  Thinking otherwise is bordering on alarmist. 

But then, there's plenty of alarmist nonsense going around with some sites talking out of their asses about the Black Series 6" figures only being available in North America.  Hooboy!   

So Bryan Singer tweeted that Quicksilver is going to be in the next X-Men movie. I know that this had come up earlier, but hadn't we also heard that Joss Whedon was going to be putting Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch in the next installment of Avengers?  WTF?!?!

In the words of one of our favorite droids, "Here we go again".


#1 - V-Wing Clone Pilot




#2 - Senator Padme Amidala (bun hairdo)




#3 - Coleman Kcaj - Jedi Council Member



#4 - Darth Vader - Jedi Temple Attack (hologram)
#5 - Cin Drallig - Jedi Swordmaster (hologram)



#6 - Sors Bandeam - Jedi youngling "Master Skywalker, what are we going to do?  There are too many of them."



#7 - Merumeru - Wookiee Captain



#8 - Palpatine - Office Duel



#9 - Sistros - Bronzium statue (Palpatine's office)



#10 - Imperial Naval Officer

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I would call a movie based on political disputes over a trade route a poor story.

Seconded, what an abysmal mess that was.

Yet we all loved it and bought every toy related to it.

It wouldn't say everyone loved it.  I would attribute a large portion of its success on the fact that it was the first Star Wars movie made in 16 years at the time it was released.

Then where was that criticism at the time?  For some time, the only thing SW community was outwardly critical of in The Phantom Menace was Jar Jar Binks.  And then when Episode II finally came out, THEN the floodgates opened and people were hating on TPM more outwardly. 

Personally, I've found the delayed criticism of the prequels to be more objectionable than the movies themselves.  And I've always looked at that criticism through the filter of an audience that saw the OT as kids, and they wanted to relive that level of excitement as 20/30/40 somethings.  That was never going to happen, and no filmmaker could live up to expectations that high.

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Damn you GOT - I actually find myself starting to care about what happens to Jamie Lannister!  The thing that really stood out to me in the scene where Dany was dealing with the slave trader was how much she had taken on the mannerisms and tone if Viserys - it was almost uncanny.

Jaime Lannister may be one of the most dynamicly developed characters I've ever come across in any literature.

I agree... His character's stories are very compelling.

His scene with Brienne in the tub where he told the tale of the killing of Aerys and what that meant to the people of Kings Landing was amazing.  Because the series has had us so tied up in the Stark story that we haven't been able to see that the actions of "The Kingslayer" were actually quiet heroic.  But because Ned Stark was so bound in the rigidity of oaths, he was never able to reason out what Jaime had done.  As a result I tend to look at Ned a bit differently now.

Jaime is absolutely a complex character.  And I'm genuinely interested to see how he will continue to develop, both in the television series and in the books.

They are going to make the convention center bigger and hopefully kick out some of the big movie companies to make room for real comics.

Well, the Twilight kids won't be camping out there anymore.  That's SOMETHING positive.

This panel discussion revolves mainly around the Game of Thrones HBO series, and it was recorded around the time of the most recent Emmy awards.  However, there's a very nice exchange with the two show runners, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss regarding their first meeting with author George R.R. Martin and the possible adaptation of his series of novels.  It was reportedly a very LONG meeting, and one of the questions that Martin posed to the two prospective show runners? 

"Who is Jon Snow's mother?"

Without a doubt this is one of the more significant mysteries of both the novels and the show.  But I suspect we may have to wait until The Winds of Winter is finally released to see if this mystery gets resolved.

Be that as it may, apparently Martin was impressed with Benioff and Weiss, because they guessed correctly.